Creamer Media's Dimakatso Motau speaks to political analyst Aubrey Matshiqi about the upcoming local government elections.Camera work and Editing: Darlene Creamer (08/03/2011) Click on the Link to get to the video:
http://www.polity.org.za/article/views-on-the-upcoming-local-government-election-2011-03-09
In this video clip, Peter Harris, author of the book 'Birth: The Conspiracy to Stop the '94 Election', speaks with Polity's Christy van der Merwe about his January 1994 appointment as the head of the monitoring division for the independent electoral commission. His book details this subject.
To download video clip, click on this link: http://www.polity.org.za/attachment.php?aa_id=31050
This book is in the UCT Main Library:
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| Birth : the conspiracy to stop the '94 election / Peter Harris. -- Cape Town : Umuzi, 2010. |
The elections took place on 5 May 2010 and the voter turnout was 77%.
| Coalition/Party | % votes | Candidates | Elected seats | Best loser seats | Total seats | % seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance de l'avenir | 49.31 | 60 | 41 | 4 | 45 | 65.22 |
| Alliance du coeur | 42.46 | 60 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 28.99 |
| Front Solidarité Mauricienne (FSM) | 2.54 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.45 |
| Mouvement Rodriguais (MR) | 1.04 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.90 |
| Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais (OPR) | 0.93 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.45 |
| Others | 3.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 100.00 | 182 | 62 | 7 | 69 | 100.01 |
National Election Commission of Sudan is responsible for overseeing the conduct of Sudanese elections. Its website provides information on the electoral system, full text electoral laws and legislation
The Sudan Information Gateway - is maintained by the United Nations. It has news updates on the voting and background to the elections.
The BBC also has news reports and a useful FAQ on the background to the elections.
Some other organisations monitoring the conduct of the elections
include:
EU
election observations -
The Carter Center - read statements online.
National Democratic Institute
includes a useful paper Imagining
the election: a look at what citizens know and expect of Sudan’s 2010
vote
The report contains findings from focus groups with Sudanese men and
women in Southern Sudan and three other regions of Sudan. These were
conducted between October 20, 2008-February 6, 2009. They cover
knowledge of and perceptions of the forthcoming elections in Sudan 2010.
Sudan VoteMonitor was created by the Sudan Institute for Research and Policy to monitor the conduct of the 2010 Sudanese elections. Its website provides information about the research, a blog, YouTube channel and a space for citizens to report incidents of political violence and electoral fraud during the election campaigns.
Gurtong Trust - Peace and Media Project is an independent, not-for-profit, community-based project, which seeks to promote democracy and human rights in Southern Sudan. Its website includes press releases relating to the elections.
Here are some sites where you can discover more about the background to the elections, any associated violence and their outcomes.
The IFES site has an election guide with background information on the elections and electoral system. you can also look at historic election results.
The Independent High Electoral Commission was established in 2004 as the Independent Election Commission of Iraq (IECI). It is responsible for overseeing the conduct of elections in the region. Its English language website includes background information on the electoral system, full text electoral laws and regulations
United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) was created in 2004 to assist in the social, economic and political reconstruction of Iraq, following the Gulf War. Its website also has coverage of the 2010 elections.
News coverage can be found on the Al-Jazeera website which also has some interesting blogs and YouTube videos from reporters on the scene and Iraqi voters.
The New York Times also has photos, comment and video film from the scene
The Carnegie Endowment for International peace has more academic analysis plus background guides
Further links to useful websites can be found by browising the Intute catalogue.
An interesting 38 page report published in February 2010 by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland. It presents an analysis of opinion polls of the Iranian electorate taken before the 2009 Iranian presidential election. The aim of the report is to consider the hypothesis of fraud during the election. Information on the methodology used is provided. http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/feb10/IranElection_Feb10_rpt.pdf
From Intute.ac.uk
PAFFREL is a network of grassroots organisations which was founded in 1988 to campaign for fair and free elections in Sri Lanka. Its website provides information on the aims of the organisation, its membership and activities. It includes press releases and some reports on the state of democracy and the electoral system in Sri Lanka. It is possible to access reports on political violence during recent parliamentary, local government and presidential elections. Also accessible are some reports on its broader election monitoring activities in Bangladesh and Pakistan. http://www.paffrel.lk/
This is the official website of the Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. It provides access to information on parliamentary and presidential election administration in the region. This includes an outline of the electoral process, listing of registered political parties, information on electoral procedure and legislation. Also provided are recent press releases relating to recent and forthcoming general and local elections in Sri Lanka plus some historical data on results dating tfrom 1947 to the present day. All information is offered in English. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/
The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) was formed in 1997 by the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Coalition against Political Violence as an independent and non-partisan organisation to monitor the incidence of election related violence in Sri Lanka. Its blog provides access to recent press releases, reports, podcasts and comment on presidential and parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka. It includes election observation monitoring reports, plus maps and accounts of recent instances of human rights abuses and political violence. There are links to other human rights/ civil liberties monitoring organisations in the region. http://cmev.wordpress.com/
From eee
http://www.iwpr.net/index.php?apc_state=henpacr&s=o&o=l=en&s=g&o=c0e025be5972ba4
This site was created by the Institute for War and Peace reporting to provide coverage of the 2009 Afghan presidential election. The include entries from June 2009 onwards. They offer insight into the conduct of the ballot, claims of electoral fraud and political violence, many from reporters on the ground. Also available are some eye witness accounts. The site links to profiles of the main candidates and a timeline of recent events in Afghan political history.
http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/documents/Noref_AfghanElections2009_Progress
This site provides free access to a briefing paper by Robert Matthews which was published by the Norwegian Peace building Centre in September 2009, it summarises the issues relating to the disputed presidential elections in Afghanistan in 2009. Topics covered include political violence and political fraud in Afghanistan and women's political participation.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS21922.pdf
This site provides free access to a Congressional Research Service report which was published in October 2009. The 29 page report (intended for members of the American Congress) assesses the political landscape of Afghanistan and issues arising from the 2009 disputed presidential elections. It includes discussion of the problems in regard to the 2009 elections, its results and possible impact for the USA.
Libya: Guardian newspaper
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/libya
This site is maintained by the Guardian newspaper. It provides free access to newspaper stories, comment and analysis about Libya from Guardian journalists. This includes blog postings, photographs, film and audio clips of significant interviews. Topics covered include international security, terrorism and Libya; the Lockerbie case and controversy surrounding the conviction and appeal of alleged suspect Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and the rule and politics of Colonel Gaddafi. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.
Libya : Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/libya
This site is maintained by leading human rights group Amnesty International. It provides free access to its statements, press releases and full text reports about human rights in Libya. This includes coverage of human rights violations and repression under the rule of Colonel Gaddafi and the state of democracy in general. Publications from approximately 1970 onwards are available.
Libya: Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/middle-eastn-africa/libya
This site is maintained by leading human rights think tank Human Rights Watch. This section provides free access to its press releases, statements and reports relating to Libya. Topics covered include human rights under the rule of Colonel Gaddafi, the treatment of refugees, and issues relating to Libya, the war against terrorism and the Lockerbie bombing case. Materials from approximately 2002 onwards are accessible.
Afghan presidential elections: a mirror of self-deception
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/IDEAS/publications/reports/pdf/SA004.pdf
This site provides free access to a briefing by Antonio Giustozzi which was published as an LSE IDEAS report in 2009. The 2 page document offers an immediate summary of the conduct of the 2009 Afghan presidential elections and its potential impact.
From Intute.ac.uk
This site was created by the BBC to provide coverage of the 2009 Afghan presidential elections. In addition to news stories and comment from BBC journalists. It also offers free access to background profiles of the candidates, the political situation in Afghanistan and the issues at stake. Other features include film clips from the election and BBC news programmes and comment from the electorate. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website. From Intute.ac.uk
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8205787.stm
The Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan is an independent and umbrella organization which has been established by a number of Afghan civil society organizations to ensure free democratic elections in Afghanistan. Its website provides information on its aims, membership and activities. It includes press releases and some full text reports. These include assessments of the state of democracy, extent of political corruption and conduct of parliamentary and presidential elections. From Intute.ac.uk
http://fefa.org.af/index.php
Afghanistan and region: Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination
The Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination is based at Princeton University. It is a specialist research body which explores issues relating to self-determination (including nationalism, demands for independence and political movements for autonomy ) in order to reduce violence. This section provides information on research about the Afghanistan region. It provides free access to information about the work of the institute and its full text publications. Topics covered include security and the rule of law in Afghanistan, the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and the fight against terrorism, the international community and relations with Afghanistan.
Afghanistan Analysts Network
The Afghanistan Analysts Network is an independent policy research organisation which specialises in researching security, politics and economic and social developments in Afghanistan. It was launched in 2009 and comprises a small team of researchers with an international advisory board. The website provides free access to information about the aims and activities of the body. It includes press releases, blogs maintained by staff members and full text research reports. Topics covered by these include international security, the security situation in Afghanistan and the 2009 Afghanistan presidential elections.
Afghanistan: Human Security gateway
The Human Security Gateway is a joint project of the Human Security Centre (HSC) Group and Simon Fraser University It aims to provide researchers with a searchable database of links to key websites, full-text reports, journal articles, news items and fact sheets relating to human security worldwide. Human security is defined as the protection of individuals from wars, civil wars and violence. It website enables users to search or browse by country or topic. Each resource has an added description of content. The section on Afghanistan includes coverage of international security, the war against terrorism, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, and political violence in the region. Other topics covered include the state of democracy, elections and presidential elections.
Af-Pak Channel
The Af-Pak Channel is a special project of Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation. It was created to monitor issues relating to international security and terrorism in the Pakistan, Afghanistan region. The website includes daily news briefs, twitter postings, blogs, photo essays, articles and comment from Foreign Policy journalists. Topics covered include the Afghanistan presidential elections of 2009, al-Qaeda, the Taliban and jihad political violence and terrorism in the region. The implications for US foreign policy are also discussed. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.
Elections 2009: United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Flickr
This is an interesting use of web 2.0 social networking site Flickr by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. It provides free access to over 500 UN photographs relating to the 2009 provincial council and presidential elections in Afghanistan. They include scenes from UN organised debates and civic education programmes as well as scenes from the campaigns and polling. Descriptions and copyright information is provided.
Law, order and elections in Afghanistan : NATO Review
This site provides free access to a collection of articles about the 2009 presidential elections in Afghanistan which were published in NATO Review. They discuss the issues at stake in the run up to the polling and the implications for international security and the rule of law in the region.
Afghan women and the elections 2009
This site was created by United Nations organisation UNIFEM to provide coverage of the role and participation of women in the 2009 Afghan presidential elections. It includes some press releases, news stories, statistics and statements on women presidential candidates and women voters.
Afghanistan's elections 2009: Washington Post
This site provides free access to coverage of the 2009 Afghan presidential elections from the Washington Post newspaper. It includes news stories, comment and analysis from journalists as well as background guides to the electoral system, candidates and importance of the elections for security in the region. Other features of the site include galleries of photographs and interactive maps of the electoral districts and scenes of political violence. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.
Afghanistan elections: guns and money
This site provides free access to the full text of a report published in 2009 by the International Council on Security and Development, an international policy think tank working to combine grassroots research with policy innovations. It provides assessment of the state of democracy in Afghanistan in the run up to the 2009 presidential elections. It includes some results from field research on the hopes and fears Afghan people had about the elections.
Middle East elections 2009: Lebanon, Iran, Afghanistan, and Iraq
This site provides free access to the full text of a 15 page report by Casey L. Addis analyst and Kenneth Katzman which was published as Congressional Research Service report R40586 in early 2009. It provides an overview of 2009 parliamentary and presidential elections in Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan discussing their implications for international security and American foreign policy.
Afghanistan elections 2009: Al Jazeera
Free access to a collection of news stories covering the 2009 Afghan presidential elections from the English language version of Al-Jazeera. They include coverage of the candidates, conduct of the elections and state of democracy in the region from an Arabic perspective. Also accessible are video reports from the campaign trial and phootgraphic images. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.
Afghanistan elections 2009: FT
This site was created by the Financial Times to provide coverage of the 2009 Afghanistan presidential elections. It offers free access to some articles from the newspaper. These cover news stories and offer analysis of the conduct of elections, the state of democracy in Afghanistan and their impact. Also provided are background facts on the electoral system and profiles of the main candidates.
UNDP/ELECT Afganistan elections project
This site is maintained by UNDP working in association with United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA). It provides access to information about the way in which international organisations (including the United Nations) have supported elections and democratization in Afghanistan since 2004/5. The website includes background information on the aims of the project, its organisation and activities. It includes reports on campaigns and programmes during parliamentary and presidential elections. These include facts about the Afghan electoral system, as well as examples of civic education campaign materials.
This site provides free access to the full text of the report on the 2009 Malawi presidential and parliamentary elections by the Commonwealth Secretariat which was published in July 2009. The 47 page report contains analysis of the political background to the elections, the state of democracy and the electoral system, the conduct of the election campaigns and vote counting.From: Intute.ac.uk
http://www.thecommonwealth.org/document/34293/152078/211206/2009_malawi_election
Iran’s peculiar election: a historical perspective
This site provides free acess to an open access version of an article
by Abbas Milani, director of the Iranian Studies Program at Stanford
University which appeared in Journal of Democracy Volume 16, Number 4
October 2005 pp.23-34. The paper discusses the history of Iranian
elections in the 20th Century and the 2005 Iran presidential elections
in particular.Topics considered include the state of democracy and the
impact of Islam on politics in the region.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_democracy/v016/16.4milani.pdf
Iran elections 2009: BBC special report
This website was created by the BBC to provide coverage of the 2009
Iranian presidential elections. In addition to news headlines and
analysis from BBC reporters, it also includes photographic images of
the violent protests following the disputed outcome, video films of BBC
programmes and contributions form analystt and Iranian citizens. Other
features of the site include background information on the electoral
system and political history of Iran since 1979, timelines of key
events and discussion of the role of Islam in politics. Copyright and
technical information is displayed on the website.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2009/iran/default.stm
Iranian elections 2009: Global Voices Online
Global Voices Online is a non-profit global citizens' media project,
sponsored by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard
Law School. It provides free access to an aggregated selection of what
it has chosen as examples of the most interesting conversations and
debates currently occurring online around the world on blogs, podcasts,
photo sharing sites, and videoblogs. This section of the site is an
excellent starting point for tracing information on the 2009 Iranian
presidential elections. It includes discussion of the use of the
Internet during the election campaigns, analysis of the state of human
rights and the protests following the disputed outcome. Materials
relating to the later include photographic images and comment from
Iranian bloggers.
http://globalvoicesonline.org/specialcoverage/iranian-election-2009/
Iran elections 2009: Financial Times
This site was created by the Financial Times to provide coverage of the
2009 Iranian presidential elections. In addition to news stoires and
analysis from FT staff, it also offers some background information on
the importance of the elections, the main candidates and the political
history of Iran since 1979. Other features include photographic images,
slide shows and films from the election campaigns and the protests
following the disputed outcome. Copyright and technical information is
displayed on the website.
http://www.ft.com/indepth/iran-elections
Iran and the Iranian question: Chatham House
This site provides free access to information on a leading research
programme conducted by think tank Chatham House (Royal Institute of
International Affairs). The aim of the programme is to investigate
issues relating to international security and political crises
surrounding Iran. This includes coverage of relations between Iran and
the Western world, the controversies surrounding nuclear weapons, Islam
and politics in Iran and the impact of elections on security and
foreign relations. The latter includes some coverage of the results of
the 2009 Iran presidential elections. Users to the site may acces the
full text of some articles written by the project team from 2006
onwards.
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/research/middle_east/current_projects/iranian_que
IranTracker
IranTracker is maintained by AEI (The American Enterprise Institute).
It provides information and analysis of recent political, economic and
security issues surrounding Iran. It includes round ups of news stories
published in Iranian news services, background briefings and full text
reports. The main topics covered include Islam, Shi'ism, and the
Islamic Republic of Iran; political Structures in the Iranian
government and security structures in the Iranian government. It
includes coverage of topical events such as elections and presidential
elections, nuclear weapons and relations between Iran and the Western
world.
http://www.irantracker.org/
Office of the Supreme Leader Iran
This is the official website of the Supreme religious leader of Iran
Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei. The English language version of the
website, contains a background biography, historical information on
Ayatollah Imam Khomeini and the 1979 Iranian revolution (from an
Islamic viewpoint) basic information on the current religious and
political role of the spiritual leader and the government of Iran. It
also offers free access to recent press releases, speeches and
statements from him. These cover a range of issues relating to Islam,
Sharia law, religious rites and the politics and foreign policy of
Iran. The latter includes coverage of recent Iranian political and
presidential elections and relations with the Western world.
http://www.leader.ir/
Election observation Mission to Malawi parliamentary and presidential elections 2009
This is the website of the official EU election observation mission to
the 2009 parliamentary and presidential elections held in Malawi in
2009. It provides free access to information about the aims of the
mission, its methods and findings. This includes full text press
releases, reports and photographs from the mission. These include
assessments of the state of democracy in Malawi and the conduct of the
elections.
http://www.eueommalawi.org/default.html
Malawi elections : EISA archive
This site provides access to a collection of materials about elections
in Malawi which have been prepared by the Electoral Institute of
Southern Africa (EISA). These include election results from 1961
onwards, papers and election observation reports from EISA missions
covering parliamentary and presidential elections from approximately
2004 onwards. The latter include assessments of the electoral system
and state of democracy in Malawi.
http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/malelectarchive.htm
India 2009: Al Jazeera
This site was created by new service Al Jazeera (the English language
version of the Arabic news service) to provide coverage of the 2009
Indian elections. In addition to news stories and analysis from
Al-Jazeera, it contains a number of interesting web 2.0 features. These
include blog postings (taken from Global Voices online); YouTube videos
from the Indian community; blog and twitter postings from users;
interactive maps of voting areas and electoral fraud (as reported by
election monitoring organisations) photographs and reports from local
media. Technical and copyright information is posted on the website.
http://labs.aljazeera.net/console/
Indipepal: politics
Indipepal is a web 2.0 company . Its website provides access to news in
English for the Indian community. This section provides information on
Indian politics. It includes coverage of elections, political parties
and political events in India. Typical coverage of elections includes
new headlines, blogs, political interviews, political cartoons plus
some background information on the Indian electoral system.
http://indipepal.com/politics
Indian Political Science Association
This is the official website of the Indian Political Science
Association, the largest professional organisation of teachers and
scholars of politics in india. Its provides free access to information
on the aims, history, membership and activities of the organisation.
This includes recent newsletters and conference summaries. Key
specialisms include research on Indian politics, public administration
in India, Indian government; Gandhi and politics.
http://ipsa.co.in/
From Intute.ac.uk
BY Sanusha Naidu
Following Jacob Zuma and the African National Congress's (ANC) victory in
the 2009 South African election, Sanusha Naidu considers the role of the
Congress of the People (COPE) and the country's other parties in chipping
away at the ANC's dominance within much of the country. While the ANC's
victory proved conclusive, the emergence of parties like COPE and the
Democratic Alliance (DA) reveals a political landscape very much in flux, a
situation strongly reflective of the South African electorate's underlying
desire for effective political representation and a better life, Naidu
concludes.More
From Pambazuka News 2009-05-07, Issue 431
Shifting Political Landscape
[2009 April 30]
After
months of anticipation, widespread speculation and tireless campaigning
by political parties, the 2009 South African elections have come and
gone. As expected, the African National Congress (ANC) has once again
been delivered an emphatic mandate to govern, winning 65.9% of the
national vote and a majority in eight of the nine provinces.
However, despite the appearance that the political landscape has
remained largely the same, the ANC’s support base has indeed shifted.
For the first time since 1994, the ruling party’s support has declined
nationally, and in most provinces.
The political context in which the 2009 elections were held was defined
by several key issues. Download the full article and discussion in the
brief below .
South Africa votes 2009: Mail and Guardian online
This site was created by leading South African newspaper the Mail and
Guardian to provide coverage of the 2009 South African elections. In
addition to news headlines, comment and analysis from the newspaper, it
also includes coverage of the polls, comment from voters and a
background guide on the elections, parties and South African electoral
system. Copyright information is displayed on the website.
http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport/south-africa-votes-2009
South African elections 2009: Financial Times coverage
This site was created by the Uk Financial Times to provide coverage of
the 2009 South African elections. It includes access to articles and
comment from FT journalists which include focus on the political and
economic impact of the elections. Other features of the site include
profiles of the main candidates and political parties and an audio
slideshow assessing the current state of democracy and standards of
living in South Africa. Users should note that access to some materials
requires registration/ possible payment.
http://www.ft.com/cms/383a6e06-2429-11de-9a01-00144feabdc0.html
South African elections 2009: BBC special report
This site was created by the BBC to provide coverage of the 2009 South
African elections. In addition to news stories, comment and analysis
from BBC journalists; it also offers background information on the
candidates, parties and electoral system. Also accessible are a
collection of sound and video film clips from the campaigns. These
include interviews with the electorate, images from rallies and voting
stations and footage of key speeches from political leaders. Links are
provided to other BBC news stories covering life in South Africa, as
well as key websites from other South African organisations. Technical
and copyright information is displayed on the website.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/africa/2009/south_africa/default.stm
EISA South African elections archive
EISA is a non-profit organisation based in South Africa which seeks to
promote democracy and democratic accountability in Southern Africa.
This section of its website provides free access to its resources
relating to South African parliamentary elections. They include EISA
reports and papers relating to local and national elections in South
Africa since 1994. They include election observation reports which
assess the electoral system and state of democracy in the region, some
oficial election results and statistics on voter turnout levels.
http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/souelectarchive.htm
SA elections: Times of South Africa
This website was created by the Times of South Africa to provide
coverage of the 2009 South African elections. In addition to news
stories and comment, it also has background information on the South
African electoral system, the key political parties and candidates.
Other features of the site include: a multimedia archive of political
speeches and political broadcasts aired during the election campaigns,
twitter and blog comment. There is also a statistical section which
provides facts, figures and analysis of media coverage of the 2009
elections. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the
website.
http://saelections.co.za/
There is a final push by political parties contesting the upcoming elections in South Africa. In particular, the ruling party the ANC (African National Congress) held a debate via twitter today.
Interestingly, the political parties have begun to make use of Social Media and social networks to get their message across. The most prominent party making use of these techniques has been the DA (Democratic Alliance) whose campaign seems to have been inspired by President Obama's election campaign last year.
The DA have been managing a presence on social networks and several twitter accounts such as that of the mayor of Cape town and head of the DA, Helen Zille.
However, today the ANC announced on a newly created twitter account “ANC_DEBATE” that they would be hosting a live debate with questions fielded by Jessie Duarte, an anti apartheid activist and current spokesperson for the ANC.
After the announcement there was some debate on the usefulness of this. A South African twitter user @woganmay even created a special page on twittersa, to aggregate all the comments. Some reactions to the debate however were negative and the ANC took criticism.
India elections 2009: Reuters
This site was created by international news agency Reuters to provide coverage of the 2009 Indian elections. In addition to news stories and reports from reuters journalists, it also contains background facts on the Indian election process, blogs from Reuters India reporters following the campaigns in the field, and an interactive maps of polls and results by geographical region.
http://in.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/election2009
National Election Watch (India)
National Election Watch is a campaign led by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) in collaboration with a number of other Indian civil society organisations. It seeks to increase democratic accountability in Indian elections. Its website provides access to information, papers and statistics about levels of political corruption in India. It also offers news and resources about campaigns for electoral and political reform. Coverage of recent and forthcoming elections includes materials analysing the financial position of individual candidates and parties, measurements of the extent of electoral fraud and mispractise.
http://www.nationalelectionwatch.org/
India election 2009: BBC special report
This site was created by the BBC to provide coverage of the 2009 Indian
elections. In addition to news stories, comment and analysis from BBC
journalists and other political specialists, it also includes blogs
from reporters on the ground, photographs and some film clips of
events. Also accessible is a battleground map with election timetables,
profiles of key constituencies, parties and candidates; as well as
background information on the electoral system. Technical and copyright
information is displayed on the website.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/south_asia/2009/indian_election_2009/default
Google India elections 2009
Coverage of the 2009 Indian parliamentary elections from Google in
association with the Hindustan Times and a number of other democratic
reform think tanks. This innovative site offers free access to news
headlines and comment from the Hindustan times as well as a number of
web 2.0 features. The latter include links to YouTube videos,
interactive Google maps showing electoral boundaries and polling booth
locations. Also available are links to blogs, constituency, MP and
political party profiles and opinion poll data. All information offered
in English. Technical and copyright information is displayed on the
website.
http://www.google.co.in/intl/en/landing/loksabha2009/
India elections 2009: Financial Times coverage
This site was created by the Financial Times to provide coverage of the
2009 elections in India. It offers access to news stories, interviews
and comment from the FT, much of which focuses upon the possible impact
of the elections on the Indian economy. The site also offers an
interactive map which displays the distribution of political power
among the parties in parliament and the issues at stake. Access to some
articles may require a subscription.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/950714d0-12eb-11de-9848-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check
India elections 2009: SME Times special
This site was created by Indian business news portal SME Times to
provide coverage of the 2009 Indian elections. It offers free access to
news stories, polls and comment. Also accessible is a brief history of
Lok Sabha elections, background information on the electoral system,
main parties and candidates.
http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/general-elections-2009/general_election_
India general elections 2009: IBNlive
CNN-IBN is an English-language Indian TV news channel. It is a
partnership between Global Broadcast News (GBN), a Network18 Company,
and Turner International (Turner) in India. The site provides free
access to news headlines and multimedia content covering business,
politics, society sport and Indian news. This section was created to
provide access to information about the 2009 Indian elections. It
includes news headlines, televised political programmes, interviews and
debates. Also accessible are blogs, online video diaries from
individual states, (including many Indian language ones) , features on
the polls and interactive maps of constituencies and polling booth
locations. The site also includes background information on the main
parties and online maps, graphs and statistics of all election results
from 1951-2004. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the
website.
http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/general-elections-2009.html
The upcoming 2009 elections are exciting - uncertainty is in the air and people aren’t quite sure what to expect. So we ask - what should these elections be about? What are the questions and concerns that South Africans should be discussing as they head to the polls on 22 April?
This brief looks at the following issues in detail: an overview of
political issues in South Africa; the effect of the global crisis; the
prevalence of inequality; unemployment and job creation; poverty
alleviation; service delivery; education and public health... [More]
http://www.ngopulse.org/article/what-should-we-be-discussing-we-head-polls
To download the full brief from IDASA PIMS, CLICK here
Israel National Election Studies
The Israel National Election Studies project commenced in 1969. It aims
to collect data on voting patterns, election behaviour and political
participation in Israel. Its website provides information on its aims
and methodology. It also allows free access to data files, code books
and survey reports from 1969 onwards (free registration required).
These include materials which relate political attitudes and voting
behaviour to the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Other features
of the site include a bibliography of texts which cite the Israel
National Election Studies.
http://www.ines.tau.ac.il/
Israel votes 2009: BBC report
This site was created by the BBC to provide coverage of the 2009
parliamentary elections in Israel. In addition to news stories, it
includes blog style diaries from BBC journalists covering the run up to
the elections (these include text and film clip reports) , interviews
with Israeli voters and profiles of the main candidates and parties.
Also provided are some basic facts on the operation of the Israeli
electoral system. Copyright and technical information is displayed on
the website.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7880487.stm
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Popular attitudes to democracy in Ghana 2008
This site provides free access to Afrobarometer briefing paper no.51,
published in June 2008. Afrobarometer is a series of public attitude
surveys conducted in African nations. It is a cross-national survey
research project, coordinated by the Center for Democratic Development
(CDD-Ghana), the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), and
the Institute for Research in Empirical Political Economy (IREEP,
Benin). This 7 page report considers how satified Ghanaians are with
the state of democracy in their nation, what threats they see and their
attitudes towards popular democracy in general. It is a useful
background on the run up to the 2008 elections.
http://www.afrobarometer.org/papers/AfrobriefNo51.pdf
National Democratic Congress (Ghana)
The National Democratic Congress is a leading political party of Ghana.
Its website provides information on its aims, history, membership and
recent activities. It includes access to recent press releases, party
maniestos and other political policy documents. It also contains
coverage of involvement in recent elections in Ghana.
http://www.ndc.org.gh:8080/ndc/home.do
New Patriotic Party (Ghana)
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is a major political party of Ghana. Its
website provides information on its political policies, membership and
recent activities. It includes press releases, political policy
statements and current manifestos as well as calendars and photographs
of recent events. These include coverage of involvement in recent
elections in Ghana.
http://www.npp-ghana.org/
Ghana elections 2008: web dossier
This site has been created by the African Studies Centre, University of
Leiden. It provides free access to a web dossier of information and
materials relating to the December 2008 parliamentary and presidential
elections in Ghana.It includes some background on the context of the
elections, the full text of the constitution, a bibliography of
references to selected journal articles and books, and links to
important websites and blogs monitoring the events.
http://www.ascleiden.nl/Library/Webdossiers/GhanaElections.aspx
European Union Election Observation Mission to Ghana
This is the official website of the European Union delegation which
monitored the December 2008 parliamentary and presidential elections in
Ghana. It provides information on the aims of the mission, its
composition and methods as well as background details on the electoral
system of Ghana. Users may access press releases, photographs, and full
text monitoring election reports from the website.Thes einclude
statement on the conduct of the elections and state of democracy in
Ghana.
http://www.eueomghana.org/EN/default.html
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) has a well-organized and very interesting voter turnout website loaded with election data from around the world. The goal of this Stockholm-based organization is to "strengthen democratic institutions and processes." It works with other democracy builders, such as the UN, policy makers and donor governments. By compiling and analyzing voter turnout statistics since 1945, for national presidential and parliamentary elections, IDEA has discovered that "high voter turnout does not necessarily mean that a multi-party democracy is stable." Check out the link "Why a Voter Turnout Website?" on the homepage to read about the data they used to come to this conclusion. To view the election statistics of any country, click on the drop down box "Choose a Country" on the far right side of the page. Once you pick one, you'll get the country's voting data in a table, or you can click in the upper right hand corner above the table, where it says "Graph," to see it in graph form. On the right hand side of the page, in the same section where you can choose a country's statistics, you can also choose other categories of analysis for which IDEA has data, such as "Voter Turnout by Gender," "Voter Turnout by Age", "Vote Counting Methods", and "Voting by Mail." You can also find a link to their "Publications" in this same section, and you'll find that they have a multitude of publications in multiple languages and formats. Some of the books can be purchased and downloaded in their entirety, or shipped via the mail. Some of the pamphlets are even free of charge, and can be downloaded or shipped as well. [KMG] Scout Report
Blacks and the 2008 Democratic National Convention
This 26 page report was published by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Washington DC. It provides a useful analysis of black American political participation in the democratic Party. It includes discussion of voting trends and political identification with the party from the 1930s until 2008. There is also a detailed statistical breakdown of levels of black participation amongst delegates at the 2008 Democratic national party convention which nominated Barack Obama as candidate for the 2008 American presidential elections.
http://www.jointcenter.org/publications_recent_publications/political_participat
Blacks and the 2008 Republican Convention
This 30 page report was published by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Washington DC. It provides a useful analysis of black American political participation in the Republican Party. It includes discussion of voting trends and political identification with the party from the 1930s until 2008. There is also a detailed statistical breakdown of levels of black participation amongst delegates at the 2008 Republican party convention which nominated John McCain as candidate for the 2008 American presidential elections
http://www.jointcenter.org/publications_recent_publications/political_participat
